Baby Stars 'Blowing Gas Bubbles' in Nearby Large Magellanic Cloud Galaxy | Hubble
This image shows just a portion of the N159 star-forming complex. The entire complex stretches over 150 light-years across. To put that into perspective, 150 light-years is nearly ten million times the distance between Earth and the Sun!
In the subzero interior of this gas cloud, subjected to the crushing pressure of gravity, young stars begin to gleam in the darkness. Particularly hot and high-mass stars illuminate their birthplaces with red light. This red glow is characteristic of excited hydrogen atoms, to which Hubble is exquisitely sensitive.
Though bright stars in the cloud appear to be blanketed with reddish gas, others seem to lie at the center of a reddish bubble, through which the dark backdrop of space is visible. These bubbles are evidence of stellar feedback, where young stars fill their habitats with high-energy radiation and blow bubbles with their intense stellar winds.
Image Description: A field filled with stars and covered by clouds of gas and dust. The center and left side are totally blanketed with billowing, bright red clouds. They are opaque some places—showing clusters of stars forming within—and transparent others. Small patches are dark black in color, while a large cloud below the center is mostly pale blue. The right side of the view, mostly gas-free, glitters with stars near and far.
Release Date: Nov. 24, 2025
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